George Boyes

George Wroughton Boyes (9 September 1910 – 19 May 1986) was a South African cricketer who played a single first-class match for Natal during the 1939–40 season. He was a right-handed middle-order batsman.

George Boyes

Personal information
Full name	George Wroughton Boyes
Born	9 September 1910 Maseru, Basutoland
Died	19 May 1986 (aged 75) Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Relations	Harry Boyes (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1939	Natal
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 1 Runs scored 9 Batting average 9.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 6* Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 September 2015

Boyes was the younger brother of Harry Boyes, who also played first-class cricket for Natal.[1] The brothers were both born in Maseru in what is now Lesotho (previously part of the British colony of Basutoland).[2] They represent two of only a handful of first-class cricketers to be born in that country.[lower-alpha 1] George Boyes played his only match for Natal in December 1939, against Orange Free State in Bloemfontein.[3] He made three runs in the first innings and six not out in the second, and was in the middle when the winning runs were hit. The match was not part of the Currie Cup, which was not being contested during the 1939–40 season.[4] Boyes died in Pietermaritzburg in 1986, aged 75.[2]

Notes

1. Others include Alan Barr, Peter Hobson, Reginald Lagden, Ronald Lagden, Arthur Lewis, and Dennis Piers.

References

1. Harry Boyes – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
2. George Boyes – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
3. First-class matches played by George Boyes – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
4. Orange Free State v Natal, First-Class matches in South Africa 1939/40 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2015.